FAN coordinates a statewide, multi-faith network of volunteer advocates and faith communities with the help of a small staff that manages programming and operations. Our staff includes full and part-time positions, contractors, regional organizers, and internships through faith-based and university programs. Learn more about our team below, and feel free to reach out to them to get involved!
Dr. Joyce del Rosario, Executive Director
Dr. Joyce del Rosario is a seasoned non-profit executive director and scholar who teaches practical skills in community development and activism. She has 20+ years of experience working toward diversity, equity, and inclusion for underrepresented groups in multi-national, national, and locally based organizations. Most of her worked has focused on youth and immigrant families. Dr. del Rosario is a national public speaker, writer, and community organizer. In her research and work, she seeks to transform systems that have advantaged some while disadvantaging others by centering the voices of the marginalized.
Kristin Ang, Policy Engagement Director, is a Filipino-American who grew up in Pierce County, Washington. She is a community advocate, Port of Tacoma Commissioner and Northwest Seaport Alliance Managing Member. She made history as the first person of color elected Port of Tacoma Commissioner, along with the historical endorsement of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. She is on the Port’s environmental, DEI, and tribal liaison committees. She is also on the executive board of the Central Puget Sound Economic Development District. Kristin completed her business degree at the University of Puget Sound and law degree at Cornell Law School. She has been an advocate for sustainable development, civic engagement and human rights. For fun, Kristin plays piano and goes on culinary and historical travel adventures. She can be found at community events, festivals and concerts. She believes in the power of faith, hope and love. As policy engagement director, Kristin is excited to engage faith communities in fulfilling FAN’s mission of building a just, compassionate and sustainable world.
Elizabeth Dickinson, Partnership Coordinator, is passionately committed to justice advocacy and community-building as central dimensions of our sacred being and calling. She has coordinated church social justice and peace ministries, managed a Justice Leadership advocacy internship program for young adults, volunteered in public schools, and helped develop a program for 8th graders to learn about houselessness in Seattle. Her work is informed by Christian seminary studies in global theologies, participating in Jewish services and practices with her family, and being part of a small Quran study group. When not pursuing justice, she loves to bike, hang out with her two adult children Elijah and Natali, garden and read fiction from around the world.
Jess Ingman, North Central Washington Regional Organizer – Jess is excited to be joining FAN. With a background in pastoral ministry, Jess is energized by faith-based organizing and developing relationships at the intersection of justice and spirituality. She is a member of the ELCA Lutheran Church and is grateful for her Jesuit formation. Jess loves fair-trade coffee, serving as a coordinator for Wenatchee for Immigrant Justice, and hiking near her home in East Wenatchee with her husband Mark and their two sons, Isaiah (4) and Jude (2). They live in the ancestral homelands of the P’Squosa/Wenatchi people.
Jess has welcomed a new addition to her family. She will be on family leave until December 2024. Please contact the FAN Office for North Central WA regional requests.
Blake Alford, Operations Coordinator. Blake has been passionately involved in justice work for the last 10 years and has been deeply informed by his Christian faith tradition of community development. He has been a part of coalition work involving racial justice, educational equity, economic justice, food and housing insecurity. Blake says he feels called to be a bridge for connecting communities and faith groups to stand in solidarity for justice. He is our staff representative for our Faith and Labor roundtable working with faith communities and unions as well as co-lead of our Criminal Justice Reform Working Group.
Brianna Dilts, Eastern Washington Regional Organizer – Brianna joins FAN with experience organizing around economic justice, housing justice, and equitable decision-making spaces. She firmly believes that building relationships across shared values and looking to the experiences and wisdom of others is the path toward a more just world. She was born and raised in Spokane and attended Eastern Washington University where she completed her undergraduate studies in social work. Her commitment to advocacy and justice is deeply informed by her Christian faith tradition and she is excited to take collective interfaith action on the shared values of justice, compassion, and peace.
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